Robert S. Voss

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Robert S. Voss is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Voss has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Paleontology, 68 papers in Ecology and 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Voss's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (100 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (63 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (45 papers). Robert S. Voss is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (100 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (63 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (45 papers). Robert S. Voss collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Brazil. Robert S. Voss's co-authors include Sharon A. Jansa, Nancy B. Simmons, Darrin P. Lunde, Louise H. Emmons, David W. Fleck, Marcelo Weksler, Alexandre Reis Percequillo, Juan F. Díaz‐Nieto, Thomas C. Giarla and Leslie F. Marcus and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Evolution and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Voss

113 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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THE MAMMALS OF PARACOU, FRENCH GUIANA: A NEOTROPICAL LOWLAND RAINFOREST FAUNA PART 2. NONVOLANT SPECIES

2001 599 citations Robert S. Voss, Darrin P. Lunde et al. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Voss United States	37	3.0k	2.6k	2.3k	635	629	119	4.4k
Sharon A. Jansa United States	33	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	861 1.4×	436 0.7×	77	3.1k
Guillermo D’Elía Chile	32	2.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	954 1.5×	453 0.7×	170	3.6k
Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas Argentina	31	2.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	707 1.1×	341 0.5×	205	3.5k
Hugh H. Genoways United States	28	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	719 1.1×	894 1.4×	238	3.8k
Pierre‐Henri Fabre France	25	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	954 1.5×	575 0.9×	64	3.1k
Jacob A. Esselstyn United States	28	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	783 1.2×	75	3.0k
Norberto P. Giannini Argentina	32	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	263 0.4×	494 0.8×	106	2.8k
Alfred L. Gardner United States	24	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	415 0.7×	640 1.0×	92	2.6k
Enrique P. Lessa Uruguay	34	1.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	990 0.4×	1.5k 2.4×	406 0.6×	90	3.4k
Frederick H. Sheldon United States	33	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 2.7×	603 1.0×	102	4.7k

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Pavan, Silvia, et al.. (2025). A New Species of Marmosa (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates. 2025(4037).

Voss, Robert S.. (2024). Richness, Complementarity, and Community Structure of Amazonian Mammal Faunas: Results from Multiyear Inventories in French Guiana and Peru. American Museum Novitates. 2024(4019). 1 indexed citations

Voss, Robert S.. (2024). A New Genus for the “Alfaroi Group” of Oryzomys Sensu Lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates. 2024(4030). 1 indexed citations

Almécija, Sergio, Kelsey D. Pugh, Christopher M. Smith, et al.. (2024). Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1391–1391. 1 indexed citations

Beck, Robin M. D., Robert S. Voss, & Sharon A. Jansa. (2022). Craniodental Morphology and Phylogeny of Marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 457(1). 47 indexed citations

Voss, Robert S.. (2021). Opossums. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations

Pavan, Silvia, Sharon A. Jansa, & Robert S. Voss. (2014). Molecular phylogeny of short-tailed opossums (Didelphidae: Monodelphis ): Taxonomic implications and tests of evolutionary hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79. 199–214. 45 indexed citations

Voss, Robert S., Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Sergio Solari, Rogério Vieira Rossi, & Sharon A. Jansa. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of mouse opossums (Didelphidae, Marmosa) with a revised subgeneric classification and notes on sympatric diversity. (American Museum novitates, no. 3817). American Museum Novitates. 1 indexed citations

Voss, Robert S.. (2013). Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the diets of Neotropical pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae): Evidence for alternative coevolutionary outcomes?. Toxicon. 66. 1–6. 14 indexed citations

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Giarla, Thomas C., Robert S. Voss, & Sharon A. Jansa. (2013). Hidden diversity in the Andes: Comparison of species delimitation methods in montane marsupials. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70. 137–151. 39 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S. & Sharon A. Jansa. (2012). Snake‐venom resistance as a mammalian trophic adaptation: lessons from didelphid marsupials. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 87(4). 822–837. 40 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S.. (2011). Revisionary notes on neotropical porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae). 3, An annotated checklist of the species of Coendou Lacépède, 1799. (American Museum novitates, no. 3720). American Museum Novitates. 4 indexed citations

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Jansa, Sharon A. & Robert S. Voss. (2011). Adaptive Evolution of the Venom-Targeted vWF Protein in Opossums that Eat Pitvipers. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20997–e20997. 65 indexed citations

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Lim, Burton K., Mark D. Engstrom, Fiona A Reid, et al.. (2010). A New Species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Western Amazonia with Comments on Phylogenetic Relationships within the Genus. American Museum Novitates. 3686. 1–20. 39 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S., David W. Fleck, & Sharon A. Jansa. (2009). ON THE DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS, ECOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF Gracilinanus emiliae (DIDELPHIMORPHIA: DIDELPHIDAE: THYLAMYINI). Mastozoología neotropical. 16(2). 433–443. 14 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S., et al.. (2004). An Introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the Description of a New Species from Bolivia and Notes on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Other Bolivian Forms. American Museum Novitates. 3466. 1–40. 47 indexed citations

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Simmons, Nancy B., et al.. (2000). The bat fauna of the Saul region, French Guiana. Acta Chiropterologica. 2(1). 23–36. 10 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S. & Michael D. Carleton. (1993). A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates. 3085. 1–39. 86 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S.. (1988). Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea) : patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptive radiation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 188. 259–493. 234 indexed citations

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Voss, Robert S. & Alicia V. Linzey. (1981). Comparative gross morphology of male accessory glands among Neotropical Muridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) with comments on systematic implications. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 43 indexed citations

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